Important Dates: 1894 Wheatflakes are invented by accident by Dr John Harvey Kellogg at a Michigan Sanitarium. (From 1876 Dr. John Harvey Kellogg was superintendent at Battle Creek, Michigan sanitarium and his brother William Keith’s role was to develop grain-based foods that would be nutritious and palatable for patients)
1898 The Kellogg brothers create the first cornflake
1924 Kellogg’s Corn Flakes and Kellogg’s All-Bran cereals are introduced to the UK.
1928 Kellogg’s Rice Krispies are introduced into the UK
1938 Kellogg’s opens its first UK manufacturing plant at Trafford Park, Manchester. It is the world’s largest cereal manufacturing plant and was opened by Mansfield housewife Mrs Florence Millward
1951 W.K Kellogg dies aged 91
1997 Kellogg's Rice Krispies Squares introduced into production